EUROFLOW
A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins | |
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A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins. |
The regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In many westernised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of new approaches to mitigate the impacts of river flow regulation (e.g. EU WFD, US Clean Water Act, South Africa National Water Act, Australian Water Resources Act). These approaches are based on optimising the management of river flows to maintain services to humans (e.g. water supply, hydropower) whilst protecting and/or rejuvenating the aquatic environment with water of adequate quantity and quality in space and time (i.e. environmental flows, aka e-flows). In this context, a field of applied aquatic science has developed to generate the evidence base for identifying the best ways to manage the quantity, quality and patterns of e-flows to sustain river ecosystems. EUROFLOW will train a new cohort of researchers to be future leaders in this field. |
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Start date: September 2017 |
End date: August 2021 |
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Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 (ETN) |
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Beneficiaries in EUROFLOW consortium: |
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University of Leeds – coordinator
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Cantabria
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
University of Birmingham
Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V., Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department Ecohydrology
Stichting IHE Delft
UFZ-Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig, Department Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany
University of Trento
Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Technische Universiteit Delft
Partner organisations:
University of Oslo
Yorkshire Water Services Limited
Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Swiss National Park
Engadiner Kraftwerk
CBEC ECoEngineering UK LTD
State Agency for Flood Protection and water management Saxony-Anhalt
Slovenian Water Agency
Ove Arup & Partners International Limited
Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) MWH Global
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Key people involved in BC3: |
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Euroflow website: |
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EUROFLOW Project, coordinated by University of Leeds, has received funding from the European Union ´s Horizon 2020 European Training Networks programme under the grant agreement Nº 765553. |